“…The presence of animals in burials, as well as the depictions of animals in the artistic expression of certain prehistoric communities, can provide different information on the spiritual lives of the communities and their economic and social organization, as well as the relation between man and animals. Animals are sometimes ascribed the key role in burial practices, which not only can provide information about human communities and the place that the animals held in their world-view, but a detailed studies of an archaeological context can also provide insight into the animals themselves or their biographies, as described by Morris (2011;2018). 1 Due to the extensive rescue archaeological excavations in continental Croatia over the last decades, a series of animal burials was discovered and ascribed to the Eneolithic Lasinja, Baden, Kostolac and Vučedol cultures.…”